On Feb 6, 8:39 pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> I have a few favorite brands on certain items. Most of the time I'm
> not a brand loyalist, but for certain things I have to have a
> specific brand or I would simply go without. ....
>
> So what do you buy that would change our indifference toward a
> certain food/drink? [snips]

I have few brand loyalties but I'm pretty firm in these:
Vernor's ginger ale.
Best Foods mayonnaise (homemade is only alternative).
The Black Forest ham that Trader Joe's carries (don't have a
wrapper to look for the brand).
Ore-Ida frozen potato products.
I repeat-buy quite a few things but when I think about it it's just
habit, I'd be open to changes. -aem

On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:56:37 -0800 (PST), aem wrote:

> I have few brand loyalties but I'm pretty firm in these:
> Vernor's ginger ale.

The stuff I get here in TX is really weak compared to what I
remember in the East. I often make my own ginger "ale" drink. It's
not very carbonated, but it's pretty potent. I just steep about
2lbs of shredded ginger, some crushed allspice, 3 or 4 squeezed
lemons or limes, with rind, and a pinch of cayenne. Then water down
to taste. It's pretty potent. I once bottled and fermented it with
champagne yeast and again with bread yeast.

Otherwise it's Blenheims or if I'm in the Bay Area, the Ginger Ale
from King Jamaican Restaurant (sold also at health food stores)
-sw